VB Contracts in Manchester
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for VB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VB over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Manchester region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Visual Basic (VB)
Rank 63 65 58
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Contract jobs citing VB 12 23 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 1.274% 1.752% 1.074%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.614% 4.742% 3.537%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 6
Average daily rate £140 £275 £219
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-49.09% +25.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £320 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.56% +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £89.00 £32.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+173.84% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.75 £26.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.42% -12.40%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 332 485 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 35.24% 36.94% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 284 177
Average daily rate £290 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £400 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 31 15
Average hourly rate £27.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.58 £14.84 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £126.90 £37.90 £35.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
VB
North West

VB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester VB Jobs Demand Trend

VB
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VB across the Manchester region.

Manchester VB Daily Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VB across the Manchester region.

Manchester VB Hourly Rate Trend

VB
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing VB across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester VB Hourly Rate Histogram

VB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VB within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oldham - 2 £140 -
Ashton-under-Lyne - 1 - -
VB
North West

VB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing VB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB.

1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 8 (47.06%) VBA
3 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
4 6 (35.29%) MS Access
4 6 (35.29%) SQL
5 5 (29.41%) C#
5 5 (29.41%) .NET
5 5 (29.41%) VBScript
5 5 (29.41%) XML
6 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
6 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
6 4 (23.53%) VB6
7 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
7 3 (17.65%) HTML
7 3 (17.65%) XHTML
7 3 (17.65%) Windows
7 3 (17.65%) MVC
8 2 (11.76%) C++
8 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
8 2 (11.76%) ITIL
9 1 (5.882%) TDD
9 1 (5.882%) NUnit
9 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
9 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (5.882%) Application Packaging
9 1 (5.882%) WPF
9 1 (5.882%) Silverlight
9 1 (5.882%) LANDesk

VB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing VB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (29.41%) .NET
1 5 (29.41%) XML
2 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
2 3 (17.65%) HTML
2 3 (17.65%) XHTML
3 1 (5.882%) Application Packaging
3 1 (5.882%) WPF
3 1 (5.882%) Silverlight
3 1 (5.882%) XSL
3 1 (5.882%) XSLT
3 1 (5.882%) ODBC
3 1 (5.882%) COM
3 1 (5.882%) DCOM
3 1 (5.882%) Web Services
3 1 (5.882%) ADO
3 1 (5.882%) ADO.NET
3 1 (5.882%) ActiveX
3 1 (5.882%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) WAN
1 1 (5.882%) Ethernet
1 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.882%) VPN
1 1 (5.882%) SAN
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (35.29%) MS Access
2 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.882%) NUnit
2 1 (5.882%) FinalBuilder
2 1 (5.882%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (5.882%) ClearQuest
2 1 (5.882%) MSI
2 1 (5.882%) InstallShield
General
1 1 (5.882%) Back Office
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (70.59%) Developer
2 4 (23.53%) MI Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Software Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Excel Developer
3 3 (17.65%) Web Developer
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Access Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (5.882%) VBA Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Server Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) MI Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) C# Software Developer
5 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Windows Support Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Server Support
5 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Client/Server
1 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) MVC
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL
3 1 (5.882%) TDD
3 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
3 1 (5.882%) Integration Testing
3 1 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (5.882%) Multithreading
3 1 (5.882%) Game Development
3 1 (5.882%) Software Deployment
3 1 (5.882%) Software Distribution
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
3 1 (5.882%) OOD
3 1 (5.882%) ETL
3 1 (5.882%) UML
3 1 (5.882%) RAD
3 1 (5.882%) Service Management
3 1 (5.882%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 8 (47.06%) VBA
2 6 (35.29%) SQL
3 5 (29.41%) C#
3 5 (29.41%) VBScript
4 4 (23.53%) VB6
5 2 (11.76%) C++
5 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
6 1 (5.882%) FoxPro (VFP)
6 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.882%) ActionScript
6 1 (5.882%) VC++
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.882%) TickIT
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) LANDesk
2 1 (5.882%) Twitter
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle
2 1 (5.882%) Dell
2 1 (5.882%) EMC
2 1 (5.882%) Intel
2 1 (5.882%) Websense
2 1 (5.882%) SurfControl
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